Family Fire
A family fire is a shooting involving an improperly stored or misused gun found in the home, resulting in a death or injury. Incidents include unintentional shootings, suicides, and other gun-related injuries.[1]
Overview[edit]
Family fire is a national issue, threatening the 4.6 million children with access to unsupervised guns in their homes.[2]
Everyday, family fire unintentionally injures or kills eight children and teens.[3]
Over 75% of school shootings start with children having access to unsecured and/or unsupervised guns at home.[4]
Prevention[edit]
Organizations like End Family Fire and Project Child Safe have argued that family fire incidents can be prevented[5]. By going through a list of precautionary steps twice a year, the risk of family fire at home can be decreased.
1. Always store guns out of children's reach. 2. Always store ammunition separately from its gun - this reduces the risk by 61%. 3. Consider offsite gun storage options in your area.
4. Find the safest gun storage option among the range of gun locks and safes available.
5. Always transport the gun inside of a carrying case or storage box. These should always have numerical combinations or fingerprint recognition locks. They must be kept cool, clean and dry – and always away from kids, guests or a potential intruder.
6. Having regular conversations about gun safety with kids and significant others reduces the chance of family fire incidents.
7. If you are not confident or have doubts about gun ownership, consider other home protection alternatives.
8. Gun owners are highly encouraged to help end family fire incidents by educating friends, family, and members of their community on responsible gun ownership.
Considerations[edit]
Considerations of owning a gun related to family fire include:[6]
- Discuss the responsibilities of being a gun owner with your significant other.
- Evaluate risk, taking into account the age and health status of children and extended family members in the household.
- Consider potential family growth and the implications of keeping a firearm in the home.
- Consider the safest options for gun storage, [including off-site storage]
- Take a firearm training course, before bringing a gun into the home.
Community Outreach & Advocacy Groups[edit]
- End Family Fire Campaign
- End Family Fire Faith Outreach
- Asking Saves Kids Campaign
- Veterans for Gun Reform
- Brady Campaign and Center to Prevent Gun Violence
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "End Family Fire". www.endfamilyfire.org. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ↑ Azrael, Deborah; Cohen, Joanna; Salhi, Carmel; Miller, Matthew (2018-05-10). "Firearm Storage in Gun-Owning Households with Children: Results of a 2015 National Survey". Journal of Urban Health. 95 (3): 295–304. doi:10.1007/s11524-018-0261-7. ISSN 1099-3460. PMC 5993703. PMID 29748766.
- ↑ "WISQARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)|Injury Center|CDC". www.cdc.gov. 2018-07-24. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ↑ "The extraordinary number of kids who have endured school shootings since Columbine". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ↑ "Project ChildSafe | A program to promote gun safety and education". www.projectchildsafe.org. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ↑ "Firearm storage patterns in US homes with children". American Journal of Public Health. 90 (4): 588–594. April 2000. doi:10.2105/ajph.90.4.588. ISSN 0090-0036.
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